smashed

[ smasht ]

/ smæʃt /

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adjective Slang.

drunk.

Origin of smashed

First recorded in 1955–60; smash + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM smashed

un·smashed, adjective

Words nearby smashed

smarty-pants, smash, smash hit, smash-and-grab, smash-up, smashed, smasher, smashing, smatch, smatter, smattering

Definition for smashed (2 of 2)

smash

[ smash ]

/ smæʃ /

verb (used with object)

to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.

to defeat, disappoint, or disillusion utterly.

to hit or strike (someone or something) with force.

to overthrow or destroy something considered as harmful: They smashed the drug racket.

to ruin financially: The depression smashed him.

Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis. to hit (a ball or shuttlecock) overhead or overhand with a hard downward motion, causing the shot to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.

verb (used without object)

to break to pieces from a violent blow or collision.

to dash with a shattering or crushing force or with great violence; crash (usually followed by against, into, through, etc.).

to become financially ruined or bankrupt (often followed by up).

to flatten and compress the signatures of a book in a press before binding.

noun

the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.

the sound of such a smash.

a blow, hit, or slap.

a destructive collision, as between automobiles.

a smashed or shattered condition.

a process or state of collapse, ruin, or destruction: the total smash that another war would surely bring.

financial failure or ruin.

Informal. smash hit.

a drink made of brandy, or other liquor, with sugar, water, mint, and ice.

Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis.

an overhead or overhand stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a hard, downward motion causing it to move very swiftly and to strike the ground or table usually at a sharp angle.
a ball hit with such a stroke.

adjective

of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.

Origin of smash

1690–1700; perhaps blend of smack² and mash¹

SYNONYMS FOR smash

5 bankrupt.

11 crash.

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synonym study for smash

1. See break.

OTHER WORDS FROM smash

smash·a·ble, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for smashed

Sensing his opportunity, Joey Biden pounced: “I walked up behind him and smashed his head next to the counter.”

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Ten minutes after taking the pills, she reports that she “was really stoned, I mean, smashed.”

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The rioters set fires, tipped cars, smashed windows, slashed tires, and started fistfights.

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"I saw kids throwing bottles right at the officers and they smashed at their feet," Taylor said.

Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival |Melanie Plenda |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

A wooden chair whizzed past my left ear and smashed into the steel door like a gunshot.

Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane |Caitlin Dickson |September 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"Guess something is smashed inside, for a bit of glass fell out," observed Will, as they deposited the bundle at her feet.

Eight Cousins |Louisa M. Alcott
He swung it about him, smashing everything in the room which could be smashed.

Joan of Arc of the North Woods |Holman Day
Jim took out the Stinger, smashed the planes and got a fall which was not very serious.

The Streets of Ascalon |Robert W. Chambers
At the same time I'm going up to that window, or be smashed to a jelly down here.

King of Ranleigh |F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
Let any external power be applied against the plenum and it would be smashed, hurled back full force upon its source.

Zero Data |Charles Saphro

British Dictionary definitions for smashed (1 of 2)

smashed

/ (smæʃt) /

adjective slang

completely intoxicated with alcohol

noticeably under the influence of a drug

British Dictionary definitions for smashed (2 of 2)

smash

/ (smæʃ) /

verb

to break into pieces violently and usually noisily

(when intr, foll by against, through, into, etc) to throw or crash (against) vigorously, causing shattering he smashed the equipment; it smashed against the wall

(tr) to hit forcefully and suddenly

(tr) tennis squash badminton to hit (the ball) fast and powerfully, esp with an overhead stroke

(tr) to defeat or wreck (persons, theories, etc)

(tr) to make bankrupt

(intr) to collide violently; crash

(intr often foll by up) to go bankrupt

smash someone's face in informal to beat someone severely

noun

an act, instance, or sound of smashing or the state of being smashed

a violent collision, esp of vehicles

a total failure or collapse, as of a business

tennis squash badminton a fast and powerful overhead stroke

informal

something having popular success
(in combination)smash-hit

slang loose change; coins

adverb

with a smash

Derived forms of smash

smashable, adjective

Word Origin for smash

C18: probably from sm ( ack ² + m) ash

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